Wisconsin to decide future of noncitizen voting in November ballot referendum

A Wisconsin ballot referendum could amend the state constitution, closing the door on political debates concerning noncitizen voting in local...
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Wisconsin to decide future of noncitizen voting in November ballot referendum

Threads of Change

Quilts weren’t the only thing being sewn at the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, as local nonprofits were also sewing seeds...
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Threads of Change

Harris comes home to Madison

Any good Badger knows how to Jump Around. On Friday evening the Madison community jumped around again — but it...
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Harris comes home to Madison

Madison Commons is helping Community Shares of Wisconsin celebrate its annual Change Makers award winners. Check out our Voices of...
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Community Shares Backyard Hero: Catherine McKenzie

For the past seven years, Community Shares Backyard Hero Catherine McKenzie has volunteered with the Sierra Club of Wisconsin, but...
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Community Shares Backyard Hero: Catherine McKenzie

Community Shares Backyard Hero: Beth Welch

Before Beth Welch started her many volunteer endeavors across Madison and her current job in social services at Options in...
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Community Shares Backyard Hero: Beth Welch

Community Shares Backyard Hero: Ashley Idna

While taking time off work in 2019 to spend quality time with her young children, Lincoln and Maya, Ashley Idna...
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Community Shares Backyard Hero: Ashley Idna

Community Shares Backyard Hero: Fox Coenen

Throughout high school, Fox Coenen led their school’s gay-straight alliance, which is how they discovered GSAFE, the Gay Straight Alliance...
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Community Shares Backyard Hero: Fox Coenen

Community Shares Backyard Hero: Steve Whayland

After Steve Whayland moved with his wife to Madison in 1995 to work in engineering and landscape architecture, it wasn’t...
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Community Shares Backyard Hero: Steve Whayland

The Tower’s gift: Erin Gilbert’s ascension to Reiki

A seasoned Reiki practitioner with decades of experience, Erin Gilbert, 48, has touched the lives of hundreds of clients. At...
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The Tower’s gift: Erin Gilbert’s ascension to Reiki
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